Haha!!! I know what you were thinking... "This is going to be like all the other times she told us she'd update within the next day, and didn't." Well, Guess what... You're wrong!!! I did it, just like I said I would!!!

Okay, now that I've expressed how proud I am of that...

I'm glad you all like (or see to like) Yumi. I want to get her issues resolved so that I can get to the m-preg (I still promise that it will come). In this chapter, and in the future, Sasuke will ALWAYS be OOC with Yumi, and all of his kid(s) because I think he's the kind of guy that would be wrapped around children's fingers.

Well, enjoy.

4. Threat

Yumi smiled, swinging on the swings. Instead of going with Naruto to work, the little girl was left with Sasuke.

The Uchiha had decided that they would go to the park, causing great excitement in the little girl. She had headed straight to the swings while Sasuke went to lean against a nearby wall, musing to himself.

A chubby, older kid sauntered up to the swings. "You havin' fun?" He asked sweetly, giving a toothy grin.

"Yep." Yumi replied, mimicking his smile.

Suddenly, the boy reached out and grabbed hold of one of the chains holding the swing. Yumi went flying off the swing, landing face down.

The boy began to laugh hysterically. "Now havin' fun now, are ya?"

Getting up angrily, Yumi stormed over to the boy. When she reached him, the little girl shoved her fist into the boy's stomach, as far up as she could reach, sending him flying onto the swing. When the swing swung back towards her, Yumi hit the boy again, much harder, sending the swing all the way over the top bar that held the swing up.

Brushing off her hands, Yumi turned around to walk away, but fell in surprise when she found Sasuke standing behind her.

"Sasuke-sama!" The girl gasped.

The Uchiha leaned down and picked the girl up, smiling softly at her. "Are you alright?"

Yumi nodded. "That boy, he-"

"It's okay." Sasuke interrupted the girl. "I saw." He smiled again. "It's a good thing you took care of him, otherwise I would have done worse."

Yumi smiled, then made a face. "Why are boys so stupid?"

Sasuke laughed. "We're not all bad."

"Well, you don't count." The girl put her hands on her hips. "Neither does Naru-sama, or 'Ruka-sensei. I'm still considering 'Kashi-sensei, but he's almost too weird to make a decision on."

"I heard that." Kakashi called out as he and Iruka approached the two. "Yo." He held up his hand in greeting.

"'Ruka-sensei!" Yumi outstretched her arms towards the brown haired shinobi.

The man took the little girl from Sasuke. "You didn't go with Naruto today?"

Yumi shook her head. "Naru-sama has important work he has to get done, and now that Sasuke-sama is here, I don't have to go with him, and 'sides, I already got to spend lots of time with Naru-sama, but not a lot with Sasuke-sama." She smiled proudly. "And this way, I got to come to the park."

"Well, then maybe you should get back to playing." Iruka smiled, carrying the girl off to play, sparing a single glance towards the other two men.

Sasuke looked to his former sensei. "What was that about?"

Kakashi sighed. "You need to go calm Naruto down. A few shinobi from the Lightning country have come to get Yumi. They say that she's from their country, and their Kage wants her back."

"What?" The pale man demanded.

"It gets worse." Kakashi replied lazily. "It seems that they plan to kill her as soon as they get her back to the Lightning country."

Sasuke's eyes stained red. "She's just a child."

"But she's strong." The silver haired ninja thought back to his own battle with the girl. "And a threat. Wherever she gets her power from, it's an incredible source, and if that power is upset, or placed in the wrong hands, it could destroy everything." He sighed. "As Hokage, Naruto has no choice but to hand her over; if he doesn't, a war will break out, and the village will be put at risk."

"Dammit." Sasuke cursed under his breath.

"Naruto is considering letting the war happen." Kakashi added as an afterthought.

"Baka!" The Uchiha rushed in the direction of the Hokage tower, leaving Yumi in the care of Iruka and Kakashi.

"Where's Sasuke-sama going?" Yumi asked as she watched the man leave.

"He has to go see Naruto." Iruka answered, then tried to pull the girl's attention back to the playground.

I don't know when then next update will be, and I won't make a promise because I don't know if I'd keep it like I did this one... Oh well, tell me what you thought, and inspire me with you're reviews.